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Denali Prototype Nears Completion

Textron Aviation has announced that it is getting close to completing its Cessna Denali prototype as well as the first two flight and three ground test articles for the clean-sheet, high-performance, single-engine turboprop. According to Textron, the prototype and the first two production conforming aircraft will be used in the flight test program, while the […]

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EBACE News: Pegasus VTOL Bizjet

The Pegasus VTOL business jet made an appearance at EBACE this year, albeit as a scale model. Based in Pretoria, South Africa, Pegasus Universal Aerospace is working toward a VTOL, twin-engine jet capable of either vertical liftoff or rolling takeoff, and a cruise speed of 430 knots. While even a full-scale cabin mock-up is still […]

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Bizjets To EBACE On Alternative Fuel

The European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) kicked off this week with 23 aircraft heading there with some “sustainable alternative jet fuel” or SAJF in their tanks. SAJF is “derived from renewable feedstocks,” which is how it earns the “sustainable” descriptor. SAJF is an important component of the bizjet industry’s desire to reduce its […]

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Honda Expands Jet HQ, To Increase Production Rate

Honda Aircraft will break ground on a new 82,000-square-foot facility in Greensboro, North Carolina, this July that could lead to a production increase of 25%. Honda currently builds four HondaJet Elites a month, but additional capacity will allow this boost when the facility opens next summer. Honda says the $15.5-million investment will add to its […]

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Dallas Area Gets Factory-Owned Cirrus Service Center

Launching by August, the new Cirrus Services facility at the McKinney National Airport (KTKI, 30 miles northeast of downtown Dallas) will by early 2020 morph into an entirely new facility that will include “flight training, maintenance and aircraft management.” The McKinney facility follows the 2016 launch of the lifestyle/sales/training Cirrus Vision Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. […]

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First Quarter Aircraft Deliveries Up: GAMA

It’s a mixed bag as the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) disclosed its first quarter 2019 aircraft shipment and billings report. Fixed-wing aircraft saw a boost over the same quarter from last year while rotorcraft were down. “While our rotorcraft segment experienced some headwinds, our airplane segment remainsstrong,” said GAMA President and CEO Pete Bunce. […]

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Salute to Veterans Airshow Canceled

Flooding at the Jefferson City, Missouri, airport has caused the cancellation of the Salute to Veterans Airshow scheduled for May 25-26. This after the show had to be relocated from the Columbia Regional Airport because of construction there. Salute media chair Jessica Houston said, “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the cancellation of […]

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D-Day Squadron’s Departure Prep For Normandy

The D-Day Squadron is the American contingent participating in the Daks Over Normandy flyover crossing the English Channel to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2019. The epic journey of a fleet of C-47s (military DC-3 aircraft) will honor the soldiers of the War.

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Big Transactions For Canadian Airlines

The Canadian airline market is being redrawn with a couple of high-profile transactions involving the country’s two main carriers, both of which have hundreds of flights to the U.S. each week. Early in the week, Toronto-based equity corporation Onex offered $31 a share for WestJet, Canada’s number-two airline, in a deal worth about $5 billion. […]

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Aerial Artists Thought Creation Was Temporary

It’s long been known that testosterone and jet fuel are a potent combination and in the right circumstances that’s a good thing. But an investigation by the Navy into the infamous “sky penis” incident over central Washington in 2017 didn’t really reveal anything fresh on that hypothesis and likely added more ammunition for O-Club humor […]

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